Health Care
Modern healthcare stands at a crossroads of cutting-edge technology, complex policy debates, and the timeless human elements of healing and wellness. These insightful books explore the challenges and innovations shaping medical care today, from hospital management and health policy to artificial intelligence and patient-centered reforms.
Health Care Book Summaries
If Disney Ran Your Hospital
Patients compare your hospital to Disney, not the one across town. Courtesy decides who wins.
Business
Leadership
Management
Health
Medicine
If Disney Ran Your Hospital
Patients compare your hospital to Disney, not the one across town. Courtesy decides who wins.
Business
Leadership
Management
Health
Medicine
Blind Spots
Peanut avoidance caused an epidemic. Hormone therapy wrongly abandoned. The errors follow a pattern.
Health
Medicine
Medical
Science
Psychology
Blind Spots
Peanut avoidance caused an epidemic. Hormone therapy wrongly abandoned. The errors follow a pattern.
Health
Medicine
Medical
Science
Psychology
Compassionomics
Compassion isn't soft: the data shows it cuts costs, heals faster, and takes just forty seconds.
Medicine
Science
Medical
Psychology
Health
Compassionomics
Compassion isn't soft: the data shows it cuts costs, heals faster, and takes just forty seconds.
Medicine
Science
Medical
Psychology
Health
The Health Gap
Life expectancy varies by 28 years within one city. The culprit is social hierarchy, not healthcare.
Sociology
Health
Medicine
Science
Social Justice
The Health Gap
Life expectancy varies by 28 years within one city. The culprit is social hierarchy, not healthcare.
Sociology
Health
Medicine
Science
Social Justice
The Innovator's Prescription
Three incompatible business models live inside every hospital. Separating them is the cure.
Business
Health
Medicine
Leadership
Management
The Innovator's Prescription
Three incompatible business models live inside every hospital. Separating them is the cure.
Business
Health
Medicine
Leadership
Management
The Longevity Economy
Older adults spend $5.6 trillion annually. Most companies have no idea what they want.
Business
Economics
Sociology
Health
Technology
The Longevity Economy
Older adults spend $5.6 trillion annually. Most companies have no idea what they want.
Business
Economics
Sociology
Health
Technology
EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) Crash Course with Online Practice Test, 2nd Edition
EMT certification accelerated: the clinical priorities and test logic that earn the passing score.
Medicine
Health
Science
Education
Reference
EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) Crash Course with Online Practice Test, 2nd Edition
EMT certification accelerated: the clinical priorities and test logic that earn the passing score.
Medicine
Health
Science
Education
Reference
Redefining Health Care
US health competition is zero-sum. Shift it to patient results and excellent care gets cheaper.
Business
Health
Economics
Medical
Management
Redefining Health Care
US health competition is zero-sum. Shift it to patient results and excellent care gets cheaper.
Business
Health
Economics
Medical
Management
Understanding Health Policy, Sixth Edition
Fifty million uninsured. World-class medicine. The policy architecture that produced both.
Health
Medicine
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Understanding Health Policy, Sixth Edition
Fifty million uninsured. World-class medicine. The policy architecture that produced both.
Health
Medicine
Politics
Economics
Sociology
An American Sickness
American healthcare eats nearly a fifth of the economy, and the money isn't buying better health.
Health
Medicine
Business
Economics
Politics
An American Sickness
American healthcare eats nearly a fifth of the economy, and the money isn't buying better health.
Health
Medicine
Business
Economics
Politics
The Occasional Human Sacrifice
They expose deadly medical experiments and lose everything. Why they can't stay silent.
Medicine
Medical
Science
History
Health
The Occasional Human Sacrifice
They expose deadly medical experiments and lose everything. Why they can't stay silent.
Medicine
Medical
Science
History
Health
Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals
Hospitals kill by accident. One doctor proved it and built the checklist system that stops them.
Medicine
Health
Medical
Science
Business
Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals
Hospitals kill by accident. One doctor proved it and built the checklist system that stops them.
Medicine
Health
Medical
Science
Business
How to Be a Patient
How to question doctors, prevent errors, and fight unfair bills: a nurse's guide for every patient.
Health
Medicine
Self Help
Reference
Wellness
How to Be a Patient
How to question doctors, prevent errors, and fight unfair bills: a nurse's guide for every patient.
Health
Medicine
Self Help
Reference
Wellness
We've Got You Covered
America already covers the uninsured, just badly. The fix: automatic, basic, free, and budgeted.
Economics
Politics
Health
Medicine
Sociology
We've Got You Covered
America already covers the uninsured, just badly. The fix: automatic, basic, free, and budgeted.
Economics
Politics
Health
Medicine
Sociology
Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo
Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.
Medicine
Science
Medical
Health
Psychology
Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo
Many common surgeries work no better than a fake incision: a surgeon reveals the evidence.
Medicine
Science
Medical
Health
Psychology
A Nurse's Story
An A&E nurse thought she'd seen everything. Then COVID arrived, and she was afraid to go home.
Medical
Memoir
Medicine
Health
Mental Health
A Nurse's Story
An A&E nurse thought she'd seen everything. Then COVID arrived, and she was afraid to go home.
Medical
Memoir
Medicine
Health
Mental Health
The Primal Prescription
Government, not the free market, broke US health care. The way out is deregulation and dinner.
Health
Economics
Politics
Medicine
Nutrition
The Primal Prescription
Government, not the free market, broke US health care. The way out is deregulation and dinner.
Health
Economics
Politics
Medicine
Nutrition
Managing the Myths of Health Care
Medicine works. Hospital management doesn't. What community can do that competition cannot.
Business
Management
Health
Medicine
Leadership
Managing the Myths of Health Care
Medicine works. Hospital management doesn't. What community can do that competition cannot.
Business
Management
Health
Medicine
Leadership
The Divided Welfare State
America didn't skip the welfare state. It hid it in tax breaks and employer benefits.
Political
Economics
History
American
Sociology
The Divided Welfare State
America didn't skip the welfare state. It hid it in tax breaks and employer benefits.
Political
Economics
History
American
Sociology
One Nation, Uninsured
Organized interests, not national values, killed universal health care in the United States.
History
Politics
Medicine
American
Economics
One Nation, Uninsured
Organized interests, not national values, killed universal health care in the United States.
History
Politics
Medicine
American
Economics
